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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
3
Mrs E Sailer of Los Angeles testifies that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her change of life symptoms after two years of suffering. She notes renewed health for six years and praises the product for charitable use in aiding mothers and dependents.
A contest erupts between two boys over who is tougher as they claim their fathers’ strength. The debate centers on disciplining by the woodshed with the stronger voice highlighted. The excerpt cites testimonials for Piso’s Cure as the best throat and lung remedy from Vanburen Indiana dated February 10, 1900.
Prof Bruner foresees a distant human form with brain as master and a larger body. He claims loss of floating ribs veriform appendix and little toes plus bigger chest limbs and overall taller stature. The London Globe notes the startling vision of future evolution.
A collection of wry maxims and product ads appears from an old newspaper page. It features social commentary on domestic life and self-reliance, plus an ad snippet for the Iowa Colony Co offering farm inducements and rent terms amid a sea of mixed phrases.
The piece lauds free rural mail delivery as a transformative force surpassing other post office reforms. It traces growth from 43 routes in 1897 to over 6,000 today, serving 600,000 farms and more than 4 million people across about 120,000 square miles, with funding rising from 40,000 to 1,750,000 by 1901.
Rovigno authorities uncovered ruins of a large town on the seabed south of the Istrian peninsula. A diver at eighty five feet traced walls and streets and identified distinct masonry, confirming an inhabited town sunk by catastrophe. Some link it to Pliny’s Cissa. the island itself is vanished. Goethe quote.
The Kansas City Journal recalls two early Topeka lawyers arguing a civil case before a Jefferson county justice of the peace. One man used books to plead law, the other accused him of contempt for reading from cases not before the court, leading to a fine for the book lawyer and judgment for his opponent. In Harper county a cattle thief escaped after defense lawyer Campbell challenged the county attorney’s right to appear at a preliminary hearing, citing the statute that only the accused has right to counsel, and the judge ruled the state must be barred.
President Schwab of United States Steel recounted a Worcester anecdote at a Chamber of Commerce banquet. A superintendent, visiting New England, rushed home when his son choked, yet the man remembered a Worcester doctor who quickly helped.
A traveler among the Hisk mos of Siberia describes a remote Lamut tribe whose sole occupation is reindeer herding and pursuit of game. The tribe uses clothing made from reindeer skins and breeds animals on which Laut people rely for life.
The article explains why nearby tribes pay a premium for reindeer as a main food source and transport asset. It notes the meat blood horns hooves and cartilage are consumed and even moss from the paunch is cooked with fat and roots. It describes the saddle design and rider support using a wooden flap board and moss padding.
An old Jefferson county resident recalls a tax assessor staying with a poor farming couple. At dinner the host offered a brief grace and the wife served corn pone, noting they had little to eat. The man pressed for a fuller meal, while the wife quipped about adding “a little annt in the bread.” The piece ends with a proverb about skeletons in closets.
A psychologist argues for a weekly Sabbath of rest not strict Puritanism but a universal pause. He suggests rest can be sleep or peaceful activities, differing by person, with church or fields or books as suitable. He stresses peace and relaxation in today’s hustling American life.
A parish bazaar at a church featured a monster lucky tub. Four pompous old gentlemen dipped for prizes but one pulled out an envelope bearing a local hairdresser’s business card reading One free haircut and shampoo. The humorous misfortune arose from a card donated by a witty, impecunious razor wielder.
Palmer Fulton, a grandson ofRobert Fulton the inventor of the steamboat, was found dying of starvation in a Shelby Ohio hovel and sent to the Richland county almshouse. A quiet middle aged man once employed at the Shelby tube factory he has fallen destitute after years of illness. His uncle Joseph died recently in New York while a brother in West Salem Ohio remains unaware of his plight.
Russia’s renowned choir resides in the Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in St. Petersburg attached to a convent honoring Russia’s patron saint. Monks from various Rus sian monasteries are chosen and trained like opera singers. they perform daily mass and vespers. Monks live vegetarian lives, never shave, and wear long hair, while their powerful voices may shatter thin glass.
Dr Henry Van Dyke recounts a breakfast table tale where a professor debates prose and verse with his wife and children Walter and Maud. Maud asks what prose is and Walter neatly answers that prose are those little animals that go around without feet.
The Philadelphia Times recalls Abraham Lincoln replying to an Illinois farmer’s health worries with a simple modern wellness note. Do not worry Eat three square meals a day Say your prayers Think of your wife Be courteous to your creditors seek your digestion good Steer clear of biliousness Exercise Go slow and easy Maybe there are other things that your especial care requires to make you happy but these will give you a good lift Tolstoy adds There is but one sure happiness to live for others.
An Italian captain O Bertoletto of the Lincelles writes from Pensacola praising Peruna after two bottles cured his chronic stomach catarrh. The letter, shared with Dr Hartman, notes Peruna’s broad claim to cure catarrh anywhere. A Washington House note from Dr S B Hartman cites a beneficiary J D Botkin praising relief from catarrh and constipation after Peruna use.
In a terse exchange a Mississippi congressman notes a dull election, while a New Jersey colleague reports quiet turnout and speculates on casualties as “half a dozen voters killed.” The dialogue contrasts regional election climates and troop presence.
There is more catarrh in this region than all diseases. Catarrh is constitutional. local cures fail. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo claims to cure through blood and mucous membranes. One hundred dollar reward for any case not cured. Sent circulars and testimonials. Sold by druggists. The Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A humorous exchange features a lady asking a boy if his mother hand-sews shirtwaists. The boy replies he doesn’t know the price, guessing it equals what she pays a steam laundry for hers.
Northwestern inventors were granted patents last week for a windmill controller by William Banish of Sheldon North Dakota a clothes drainer by Harriet Blenkhorn of Minneapolis Minnesota a railway gate by John Bowman of Wessington South Dakota a home fastener by Nels Erickson of Red Wing Minnesota a traction engine by Joseph Pfrem mer of Fountain Minnesota a garment supporter by Ferdinand Spiering of Arlington Minnesota and ship construction by Augustus Wolvin of Duluth Minnesota. Patent attorneys Lothrop and Johnson based in the Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minnesota assisted.
Nurse in the Children’s Home New York reports Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders cure feverishness teething disorders and regulate bowels while destroying worms. Over 30,000 testimonials claim effectiveness with 26 cent price and free sample. Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NL.
A Baltimore News fragment reports Deacon Smith claiming a labor-saving device has arrived. Zeke confirms, noting the contraption nearly shocks the field's wheat as he starts a conversation with a mule, reflecting rural, regional dialect and humor.
A. W. H. Reen of 303 Main St Peoria Indiana testifies he has sold Cole’s Car bolisalve and Carbolisoap for twenty years and consistently recommends them for satisfaction. The narrator reflects on a man’s waning usefulness as his ambition declines.
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